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Thank you, John. I ultimately found the video on youtube, but since I am a new member to this site, it won't let me its URL links. It is one of the FPN videos from 2020 on CIPN called Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.
It was an informative video. I will be having breast surgery due to Triple Negative Apocrine Cancer, then starting chemo in a month doing a regimen that include Taxene drugs like Taxol or Taxotere (sp?) depending on the result of my sentinel node biopsy. I know that CIPN is highly probable, especially since I have a little in my foot already, before even beginning chemo! I am so very frightened of all the side effects in addition to the surgery and the cancer... It has been less than 2 months since I have been diagnosed with cancer.
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@ladytnac, I can understand your fear of worsening neuropathy or that the damage may be irreversible. Your chemo team will closely monitor your accumulative neuropathic side effects and lower the dose if necessary to avoid permanent damage. Be sure to let them know that you already have some neuropathy or if you have diabetes or other conditions that make you prone to neuropathy.
I invite you to also follow the Breast Cancer group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/breast-cancer/
There are many discussions that will interest you, but here are 2 specific discussions to get you started:
- Breast Cancer and Neuropathy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/just-to-say-hello/
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/triple-negative-breast-cancer/